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Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Covers academic freedom, authoritarianism and fascism, intelligent design and more. By University of Texas Professor Brian R. Leiter and others.

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 29

Legal Ethics Forum

Legal Ethics Forum

By Professors John Dzienkowski, Brad Wendel, John Steele, David Hricik, Andrew Perlman, David McGowan, Laura Appleman, Steve Lubet, Anita Bernstein, Don Burnett, and Steve Berenson..

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
  • Jun 18

    "The NYT, Zach Braff, and the Ethics of Kickstarter-ing "

    "The NYT, Zach Braff, and the Ethics of Kickstarter-ing "
    Christine Hurt offers thoughts (and mostly criticism) at Conglomerate about the NYT "The Ethicist" column. Although I haven't read the current column, I too was consistently disappointed with The Ethicist in general.
  • Jun 18

    More on Maracich v. Spear

    More on Maracich v. Spear
    Overlawyered has more discussion of the case we mentioned yesterday dealing with a statute that protects the privacy of drivers' data but does provide an exception for litigation uses of that data. The SCOTUS held that solicitation of clients…
  • Jun 18

    Lydia Pallas Loren, "The Viability of the $30 (or Less) Casebook"

    Lydia Pallas Loren, "The Viability of the $30 (or Less) Casebook"
    Article. Abstract: It is not uncommon for a new hardbound copy of today’s law school casebooks to exceed $200. And, each year, the prices inch ever higher. After exploring the various dynamics in the traditional publishing market that…
Rank this Week: 33

Lawfare

Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/
  • Jun 17

    Guantanamo Disposition Lists Released

    Guantanamo Disposition Lists Released
    The Miami Herald has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act the list of dispositions for Guantanamo detainees from the Obama administration’s Guantanamo task force. Here’s Carol Rosenberg’s story on the…
  • Jun 17

    6/17 Motions Session #6: Make That a MacDonald-Only Day

    6/17 Motions Session #6: Make That a MacDonald-Only Day
    The Unsurprisingly Abaya-ed Cheryl Bormann’s logistical issues go unaddressed, despite our ongoing “recess in place.”  Non-resolution of her complaint gives the military judge an idea: David Nevin will ask his…
  • Jun 17

    6/17 Motions Session #5: Definitely a MacDonald-Focused Day

    6/17 Motions Session #5: Definitely a MacDonald-Focused Day
    Next to explore Admiral Bruce MacDonald’s actions during the pre-referral phase is James Harrington.  He’s a lawyer for Ramzi bin Al Shibh. When questioned by Harrington, the witness acknowledges that prior to appointment, he…
Rank this Week: 70

Empirical Legal Studies

Empirical Legal Studies

Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
  • Jun 13

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource
    Those looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with…
  • Jun 10

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign
    Andrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model…
  • Jun 3

    Helpful SPSS Resource

    Helpful SPSS Resource
    Though most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and…
Rank this Week: 97

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

News about law professors and law schools. By University of Texas School of Law Professor Brian R. Leiter.

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/
  • Jun 14

    Light blogging for a bit...

    Light blogging for a bit...
    ...I'll be at a conference next week, so probably won't have much new until the week of June 24. Dan Filler may have some items...
  • Jun 13

    The MOOCs are coming...

    The MOOCs are coming...
    ...and it doesn't bode well for law schools. Bar review courses have long been done via what were essentially "MOOCs," it would not be surprising...
  • Jun 11

    Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13

    Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13
    MOVING TO FRONT--ORIGIINALLY POSTED AUGUST 27, 2012--UPDATED These faculty haved accepted appointments with tenure that will begin in 2013: Howard Abrams (tax) from Emory University...
Rank this Week: 172

Texas Coastal Law Society

Texas Coastal Law Society

From the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas.

http://texascoastallaw.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 2716